[ofa-general] [PATCH] ipoib: refresh path when remote lid changes
Jason Gunthorpe
jgunthorpe at obsidianresearch.com
Mon Aug 3 21:56:47 PDT 2009
On Mon, Aug 03, 2009 at 08:03:14PM +0300, Yossi Etigin wrote:
> The ARP stuff works this way: Remote LID changes. In some point, either the remote
> node will send an ARP reply (gratuitous), or (more likely) the local network stack
> will start sending solicited ARPs, unicast, using the invalid path. They will fail,
> so the stack will send broadcast ARP.
Erm.. Maybe a little tighter integration with the ARP/ND layer is in
order. If it knows unicast isn't working thats a pretty damn good clue
to discard the PR.
Jason
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